Staging it was apparently not a challenging task for the Hairspray Live! gang, because it was flawless.

But it was one of the first numbers in the live TV special, featuring Penny Pingleton ( Ariana Grande), Amber Von Tussle (Dove Cameron) and Tracy Turnblad (Maddie Baillio) and their moms.

While this song did make it onto the movie’s soundtrack, the scene was too difficult to stage for the movie version, so they put the track in the credits rather than featuring it in the film. “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” Wasn’t Staged in the Movie Sorry gals, guess you didn’t make the cut for live television. Perhaps one of the smaller details that only mega Hairspray movie fans will notice (Noreen and Doreen weren’t in the Broadway version), there’s nobody with rhyming names in the role call during “Nicest Kids in Town.” In Hairspray Live!, Luanne is followed by a girl named “Kooks,” while in the movie it’s Joey, a quick-take of several people and then the ever-so-memorable Noreen and Doreen.

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